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Herschel10062

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.398
Summary:

Family and travel news.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel759

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1830]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.517e
Summary:

Arrangements about JH coming up to London, and the health of his mother.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10063

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.399
Summary:

Of lost letters and the death of Isabella Stewart.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14754

From:
Robert Saunders Dundas [Lord Melville], Henry Hotham, and John Barrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1830]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0942; Reel 1083
Summary:

By order of lords of Admiralty, notice is sent of royal appointment of JH and others to Board of Visitors to Greenwich Observatory. [Letter forwarded 29 Nov. from R.S.L. to JH by Davies Gilbert with compliments.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5310

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[26 November 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.257 (ACCS: RS:HS 25.1.12)
Summary:

His views on hearing that he has been nominated for the position of President of the R.S.L. Does not wish to become the president, but will do so if elected.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8639

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[26 November 1830]
Source of text:
Huntington Library (ACCS: RS:HS 25.1.13)
Summary:

With great reluctance due to his plans for the future, JH agrees to let his name stand in nomination for the Presidency of the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14797

From:
Robert Peel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 November 1830]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-1225; Reel 1060
Summary:

Royal warrant appointing Board of Visitors to Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11349

From:
Joseph Johann Littrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.257
Summary:

Asks JH to advise about where in London to buy a good chronometer for a friend.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11350

From:
Joseph Johann Littrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 November 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.258
Summary:

Details about the chronometer order [see JL's 1830-11-29].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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